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'It's about harm reduction': Newcastle universities explain how drugs policies have changed since Jeni Larmour's death

Newcastle's universities have expanded and revamped drug and alcohol policies in response to Jeni Larmour's death in 2020.

Chronicle Live · Oct 13, 2022

Student died in ketamine and alcohol ‘misadventure’ on first night at university

Combination of powdered anaesthetic taken with alcohol was fatal, a coroner said

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Newcastle student’s death from alcohol and ketamine ruled misadventure

Jeni Larmour died hours after arriving at university having been given tranquilliser drug by another

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2022

Snapchat video taken moments before a high-achieving student took a fatal dose of ketamine

Jeni Larmour took a lethal combination of alcohol and ketamine, a tranquilliser she sniffed with new flatmate Kavir Kalliecharan, Newcastle Coroner's Court heard, but was not coerced into it

Daily Mirror · Oct 12, 2022